How do we reconcile your statement that the coming (I'tiyān) does not occur except by running or walking slowly, with your statement regarding the coming (Majī'ī) that we entrust its meaning to Allah the Exalted?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Our final statement regarding the coming (I'tiyān) was confusing to me.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That it does not occur except by running or by walking slowly?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Along with our statement regarding the coming (Majī'ī) of Allah the Glorious and Exalted, and His coming (I'tiyān), which means we affirm it and entrust its manner to Allah the Glorious and Exalted.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So how do we believe here that the coming (I'tiyān) does not occur except in a state of speed or slowness?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct, but we do not say, for example, that when your Lord comes on the Day of Resurrection, He ran or walked slowly; we do not know, Allah knows best.
But the word "coming" (Majī'ī) itself indicates that there is a coming, but we do not describe it as running or walking slowly unless it is described as such. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That it does not occur except by running or by walking slowly?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Along with our statement regarding the coming (Majī'ī) of Allah the Glorious and Exalted, and His coming (I'tiyān), which means we affirm it and entrust its manner to Allah the Glorious and Exalted.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So how do we believe here that the coming (I'tiyān) does not occur except in a state of speed or slowness?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct, but we do not say, for example, that when your Lord comes on the Day of Resurrection, He ran or walked slowly; we do not know, Allah knows best.
But the word "coming" (Majī'ī) itself indicates that there is a coming, but we do not describe it as running or walking slowly unless it is described as such. Yes.